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G. l. BUCKNER.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1| 1919.

1,356,514. muted oct. 26,1920.

1 'I Y SMT# Wifi/naso UNITED STATES GILBERT J'. BUCKNER, OF BLOOMFIELD,INDIANA, ASSIG-NOR 0F ONE-THIRD T0 CLAUDE JOHNSON AND ONE-THIRD TO HARRYL. JOHNSON.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 2e, 192e.

Application filed December 1, 1919. Serial No. 341,558.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GILBERT J. BUCKNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Post, of which thev following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fence posts,and more particularly to concrete or composition fence posts. Theprimary object Vof the invention is to provide a composition fence posthaving means to permit the nailing kor stapling of fencing materialthereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form ofcomposition nailing strip to be employed in connection with the post,thus eliminating the wooden nailing strips now in use, and whichdeteriorate under weather conditions.

I/Vith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational viewpartly in section of a fence post constructed in accordance with thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 illustrates a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig.l, and

Fig. 3 illustrates an end view of the same.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designatesthe fence post forming the subject matter of the present invention, thesame being preferably rectangular in cross section, although it is to beunderstood that the design and formation of the post may be varied tomeet the requirements of the user.

This fence post, is constructed of concrete, and is provided with thelongitudinal reinforcing elements 6, which are embedded m the body ofthe post during the molding thereof, the reinforcing elements beinghowever disposed in spaced relation with each other throughout the post,the ends thereof being connected as at 7, the connections crossing eachother' as at 8, and it is the purpose of the invention to position thereinforcing elements 6 under tension, thereby greatly strengthening thepost construction at the ends thereof, or at the points where theconnecting elements cross each other.

A groove 9, is formed in one of the side faces of the post 5, andextends longitudinally thereof to provide a seat for the nailing, orfence securing strip 10. This nailing strip, which forms an importantfeature of the present invention, includes a composition comprising thecombination of coal, sand, and cement, the same being properlyproportioned to have a required amount of consistency to permit thesameto solidify within the groove of the post It has been found in practicethat while the material of which the nailing strip 10 is formed, willharden to a degree to withstand weather conditions, the same will pos,-sess holding qualities equal to the holding qualities of wood, the coalused as one of the elements of the composition, possessing certainflexible qualities to permit a nail, staple, or other securing elementused in the construction of fences, to be driven thereinto. I

Fromthe foregoing it is obvious that in the present construction, I haveprovided a composition nailing strip capable of withstanding theweather, and atthe same time .accomplishing the same result as the usualwooden nailing strip now in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is AIn a fencepost, a body portion of nor mally impenetrable plastic material, anailing strip formed integral with the body por tion, said nailing stripincluding coal, sand and cement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GILBERT J. BUCKNER.

Witnesses RUSSELL FULLER, CHARLES E. FULLER.

